Team Leader

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

We would like to recruit a Team Leader to join our small management team at theTalking Therapies service in SW Hertfordshire. This is an NHS Primary Care service providing CBT and CBT informed assessment and treatment to anyone over 16 in our area with mild to moderate common mental health problems, such as anxiety and depression.

Leading within our team means promoting our values, professionalism, high standards of care and attention to detail to ensure we work efficiently, effectively and compassionately. There are times when this is challenging and the capacity to commit to this focus is a very important attribute for applicants to demonstrate.

Our small management team works alongside our Clinical Leadership Team, often sharing work, and always consulting each other to provide clear structured vision and direction to the team as a whole. Together we will ensure that the service achieves our key performance indicators, that guide and measure our service user experience to the best outcomes possible, and that our staff are well supported.

Main duties of the job

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion is very important to our team and we have various initiatives to support and encourage diversity such as representatives in interviews, working groups for ideas to support our clients & cultural competency meetings, to encourage staff conversations, to share and learn from other experiences.

With this in mind we are looking for a candidate who is not only aware of these areas but is passionate and enthusiastic to continue this positive work that is currently happening here.

We believe that the wider workforce, inclusive of leadership positions, should reflect the wonderful diversity of our clients, and to support them it is important to continue developing strategies that acknowledge the full range of challenges faced across the whole diverse population we serve and work with as colleagues.

We would need our successful appointee to be able to help identify and engage with pertinent issues, and to continue to encourage other staff members to be part of some challenging but enlightening conversations and to continue our learning, and to ensure continual positive change.

If you want to find out more about this team and opportunity, email the service manager, Chris Coffey at chris.coffey@nhs.net. Please note that the Person Specification attached to this vacancy does not accurately describe the distinction between Essential and Desirable criteria for this First Line Management post.

About us

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an outstanding organisation with ambitions to match. We are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from theCare Quality Commission, and our aim is to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country.

Our family of over 3500 members of staff provide health and social care for over 400,000 people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. We also deliver a range of nationally commissioned specialist services including Tier 4 services for children and young people, perinatal services, plus medium and low secure learning disabilities services.

The care we provide makes a fantastic difference to the lives of our service users, their families and carers - everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:

Our Trust values are:

Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.

These values are at the core of who we are, everything we do, and how we do it!

Would you like to be part of the HPFT family? Would you like work with us to ensure our service users live the fullest lives possible they can? Would you like to be supported in your career to be the best that you can be?

Then please read on..."

Date posted

02 June 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£43,742 to £50,056 a year per annum, pro rata, 5% of basic salary, min £1136 max £1915

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

367-IAPT-7196

Job locations

Prospect House

Peace Drive

Watford

WD17 3XE

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the role and responsibilities for this vacancy please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification documents attached.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the role and responsibilities for this vacancy please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification documents attached.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Masters level qualification in management or management-related discipline or equivalent level of knowledge gained through management experience.

Desirable

Leadership course or willing to undertake a relevant programme
Higher management qualification i.e. MBA LEAN training.

Experience

Essential

Extensive experience in a general management role in a complex organisation
NHS experience
Experience of leading and managing teams Inc. recruitment and selection, staff appraisal, personal development and performance management
Budget management

Desirable

Experience of managing multiple & complex tasks within tight deadlines
Experience of developing and improving health services
Experience of developing planning and implementing new ways of working, using appropriate methodology.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Masters level qualification in management or management-related discipline or equivalent level of knowledge gained through management experience.

Desirable

Leadership course or willing to undertake a relevant programme
Higher management qualification i.e. MBA LEAN training.

Experience

Essential

Extensive experience in a general management role in a complex organisation
NHS experience
Experience of leading and managing teams Inc. recruitment and selection, staff appraisal, personal development and performance management
Budget management

Desirable

Experience of managing multiple & complex tasks within tight deadlines
Experience of developing and improving health services
Experience of developing planning and implementing new ways of working, using appropriate methodology.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

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